G/TBT/N/CHL/493  
2 August 2019  
(19-5054) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  Spanish  
 
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.  
 
1. Notifying Member : CHILE 
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):  
2. Agency responsible : Ministerio de Energía  (Ministry of Energy)  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above : Subsecretaría 
de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales  - Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  
(Undersecretariat for International Economic Relations, Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [ ], 5.6.2 [ ], 5.7.1 [ ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading . ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable) : Electric 
ovens (ICS : 97.030)  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document : Especificaciones 
Técnicas para el Diseño de la Etiqueta de Eficiencia Energética para Hornos Eléctricos 
(Technical specifications for the design of energy efficiency labels for electric ovens ) (12 
pages, in Spanish)  
6. Description of content : The aim of the technical specifications for the design of efficiency 
labels for electric ovens is to provide consumers with information when they are selecting 
this type of  appliance . In developing the p roposal, international experiences, the existing 
energy efficiency label and the protocols in force in Chile were taken into account.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Consumer information, labelling ; Protection of the environment  
8. Relevant documents : Under Article 4(i) of Decree -Law No. 2.224 of 1978, the Ministry of 
Energy is required to issue a resolution setting out the products, machines, instruments, 
equipment, appliances, devices and materials, powered by electricity, gas, fuel or any 
other energy source, that must have an approval certificate or energy consumption label in 
order to be marketed, in accordance with Article 3.14 of Law No. 18.140.  
Decreto Supremo Nº  64, de 2013, del Ministerio de Energía, Que Aprueba Reglamento Que 
Establece el procedimiento para la elaboración de las especificaciones técnicas de las 
etiquetas de consumo energético y normas para su aplicación  (Ministry of Energy Supreme 
Decree No. 64 of 2013 approving the regulations that establish the procedure for 
developing technical specifications for energy consumption labels, and the rules for the use 
of these labels)  
9. Proposed date of adoption : - 
Proposed date of entry into force : - G/TBT/N/CHL/493  
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  10. Final date for comments : 60 days from the date of notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:  
División de Aspectos Regulatorios del Comercio  (Trade Regulations Division)  
Subsecretaría de Relaciones Económicas Internacionales (Undersecretariat for 
International Economic Relations)  
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores  (Ministry of Foreign Affairs)  
Teatinos 180, piso 11  
Tel.: (+56)-2- 2827 5250  
Fax: (+56)-2- 2380 9494  
Email: Tbt_Chile@direcon.gob.cl  
http://www.energia.gob.cl/participa  
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